Vocabulary

  • public outrage: A strong feeling of anger and shock felt by many people about something considered bad or unfair.
  • captured on: To record or film something.
  • symbol of: Something that represents or stands for something else, especially an object representing an abstract idea.
  • in touch: Having contact or communication with someone.
  • in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
  • as for: Concerning; regarding.
  • extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
  • trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
  • pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
  • escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
  • occasionally: Not very often; sometimes; seldom
  • release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
  • launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
  • responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
  • breed: Kind of / sort of
  • capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
  • film: Thin layer that covers something
  • lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
  • abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
  • defy: To refuse to obey; be resistant to
  • correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
  • leave: To go away from; depart
  • social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
  • rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
  • receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
  • root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
  • moment: Very short or brief period of time
  • arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
  • illegal: Not allowed by the laws or rules
  • manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
  • welfare: Program to help poor/unemployed people with money
  • continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
  • build: Your physical shape; physique
  • public: Owned by the government
  • tempt: To make someone want something, even if it's bad
  • daily: Happening every day
  • outrage: Very wrong or cruel act which causes great anger
  • medical: Of or relating to physical health or medicine
  • symbol: Image that means or represents something
  • rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
  • space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
  • crackdown: Increased effort to enforce the law or a rule
  • province: Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
  • hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
  • comply: To obey; follow a rule, another's wishes etc.
  • popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
  • hold: To agree to keep something for someone
  • cage: Box made of wire or metal bars, e.g. for a bird
  • wildlife: All wild animals
  • relocate: To move to a new or different place
  • neighbourhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
  • caretaker: Job of taking care of others or their property
  • lion: Large wild cats from Africa and south Asia
  • unsafe: Likely to be dangerous or harmful
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    • abandon

      US /əˈbændən/

      UK /ə'bændən/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
      • To withdraw your support, or leave someone
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Wild, carefree behavior
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    • as for

      US /æz fɔr/

      UK /æz fɔ:/

      • Preposition
      • Concerning; regarding.
      • Phrase
      • Used to introduce a new topic or aspect of a subject.
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    • breed

      US /brid/

      UK /bri:d/

      • Noun
      • Kind of / sort of
      • Particular kind of animal, e.g. a Labrador dog
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To create situations for a (bad) thing to happen
      • To produce baby animals of specific kinds
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    • cage

      US /kedʒ/

      UK /keɪdʒ/

      • Countable Noun
      • Box made of wire or metal bars, e.g. for a bird
      • Transitive Verb
      • To put (an animal) in a box made of metal bars
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    • capture

      US /ˈkæptʃɚ/

      UK /'kæptʃə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
      • To record, tape, or film something
      • Noun
      • The act of seizing or taking control of something.
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    • captured on

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To record or film something.
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    • caretaker

      US /ˈkerteɪkə(r)/

      UK /ˈkeəteɪkə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Job of taking care of others or their property
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    • comply

      US /kəmˈplaɪ/

      UK /kəmˈplaɪ/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To obey; follow a rule, another's wishes etc.
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    • correspondent

      US /ˌkɔrɪˈspɑndənt, ˌkɑr-/

      UK /ˌkɒrəˈspɒndənt/

      • Countable Noun
      • Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
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    • crackdown

      US /ˈkrækˌdaʊn/

      UK /ˈkrækdaʊn/

      • Noun
      • Increased effort to enforce the law or a rule
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    • defy

      US /dɪˈfaɪ/

      UK /dɪ'faɪ/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To refuse to obey; be resistant to
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    • escape

      US /ɪˈskep/

      UK /ɪ'skeɪp/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
      • The 'esc key' on a keyboard
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To avoid something undesirable, dangerous or bad
      • To get away from a place where you are being kept
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    • extremely

      US /ɪk'strimlɪ/

      UK /ɪkˈstri:mli/

      • Adverb
      • In a way that is much more than usual or expected
      • Remarkably; unusually.
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    • film

      US /fɪlm/

      UK /fɪlm/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Thin layer that covers something
      • Movie
      • Transitive Verb
      • To record moving action with a camera
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    • illegal

      US /ɪˈliɡəl/

      UK /ɪ'li:ɡl/

      • Adjective
      • Not allowed by the laws or rules
      • Prohibited by law; illicit.
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    • in public

      US /ɪn ˈpʌblɪk/

      UK /in ˈpʌblik/

      • Phrase
      • In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
      • Adjective
      • Relating to the government or the people as a whole.
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    • in touch

      US /ɪn tʌtʃ/

      UK /in tʌtʃ/

      • Adjective
      • Having contact or communication with someone.
      • Aware of or informed about something.
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    • launch

      US /lɔntʃ, lɑntʃ/

      UK /lɔ:ntʃ/

      • Noun
      • Starting a new project; introducing new product
      • Act of firing rockets into the air
      • Transitive Verb
      • To start a new project; start selling a product
      • To put a rocket into the air
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    • lion

      US /ˈlaɪən/

      UK /ˈlaɪən/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Large wild cats from Africa and south Asia
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    • medical

      US /ˈmɛdɪkəl/

      UK /ˈmedɪkl/

      • Adjective
      • Of or relating to physical health or medicine
      • Noun
      • A health check or test
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    • neighbourhood

      US /ˈneɪbərhʊd/

      UK /ˈneɪbəhʊd/

      • Noun
      • Area of a town or city that people live in
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    • occasionally

      US /əˈkeɪʒən(ə)li/

      UK /əˈkeɪʒnəli/

      • Adverb
      • Not very often; sometimes; seldom
      • Happening or appearing irregularly.
      A2
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    • outrage

      US /ˈaʊtˌredʒ/

      UK /'aʊtreɪdʒ/

      • Noun
      • Very wrong or cruel act which causes great anger
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause anger to due to wrong or cruel acts
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    • pressure

      US /ˈprɛʃɚ/

      UK /'preʃə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Anxiety caused by difficult problems
      • Force, weight when pressing against a thing
      • Transitive Verb
      • To apply force to something
      • To persuade or force someone to do something
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    • province

      US /ˈprɑvɪns/

      UK /'prɒvɪns/

      • Noun
      • Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
      • Area a country is divided into outside the capital
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    • public outrage

      US

      UK

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A strong feeling of anger and shock felt by many people about something considered bad or unfair.
      B1
      More
    • release

      US /rɪ'li:s/

      UK /rɪ'li:s/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To free someone from a responsibility or burden
      • To allow a film, music etc. to be sold/distributed
      • Noun
      • Act of freeing someone from a duty or burden
      • Introduction of a new product, film, book, etc.
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    • relocate

      US /riˈloket/

      UK /ˌri:ləʊ'keɪt/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move to a new or different place
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    • rescue

      US /ˈrɛskju/

      UK /'reskju:/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
      • To provide financial assistance to save a company or economy from collapse.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Act of saving someone in danger or in trouble
      • An act of saving someone or something from a dangerous or difficult situation.
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    • responsible

      US / rɪˈspɑnsəbəl/

      UK /rɪ'spɒnsəbl/

      • Adjective
      • Being the cause of something that has occurred
      • Having the duty of dealing with something
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    • root

      US /rut, rʊt/

      UK /ru:t/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
      • The origin or starting place of something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause a plant to develop or grow roots
      • (Animals) to search for e.g. food in earth
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    • rule

      US /ruːl/

      UK /ruːl/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that is normal and usually happens
      • Governmental control or power over a region
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To decide legally, especially in court
      • To have control or influence
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    • symbol

      US /ˈsɪmbəl/

      UK /'sɪmbl/

      • Noun
      • Image that means or represents something
      • An image that represents a message of some kind
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    • symbol of

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Something that represents or stands for something else, especially an object representing an abstract idea.
      • A visible sign of something intangible.
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    • tempt

      US /tɛmpt/

      UK /tempt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make someone want something, even if it's bad
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    • trigger

      US /ˈtrɪɡɚ/

      UK /'trɪɡə(r)/

      • Noun
      • Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
      • Device that starts a process
      • Transitive Verb
      • To start a process off e.g. a memory
      • To cause something to begin or happen.
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    • unsafe

      US /ʌnˈsef/

      UK /ʌnˈseɪf/

      • Adjective
      • Likely to be dangerous or harmful
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    • welfare

      US /ˈwelfer/

      UK /ˈwelfeə(r)/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Program to help poor/unemployed people with money
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    • wildlife

      US /ˈwaɪldˌlaɪf/

      UK /ˈwaɪldlaɪf/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • All wild animals
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    She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.

    Vocabulary
    • brave

      adj. Having courage

    • comfort zone

      phr. A familiar situation where one feels safe

    Explanation
    a brave step is a noun phrase, where brave is an adjective modifying the noun step, meaning "a courageous step". forward is an adverb modifying step, meaning "ahead". The whole phrase serves as the object, answering the "what" of took (verb) — she took a brave step forward.

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    brave

    US/brev/
    UK/breɪv/
    adj.Brave
    v.t.To bravely face
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    林宜悉 posted on 2025/07/22
    Ever wondered about the surprising reality of big cats as pets in Pakistan? This BBC News report dives into wildlife raids and the illegal trade, giving you a fascinating look at cultural practices and public outrage. You'll pick up useful vocabulary related to wildlife and law enforcement while enjoying a clear, easy-to-follow news story!

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